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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
401 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

ARZ050-051-059-060-070-071-LAZ001-002-010-011-017-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-210000-
/O.CON.KSHV.LW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-130521T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-CADDO-
BOSSIER-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-SABINE LA-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-
TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-
CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MANSFIELD...
COUSHATTA...MANY...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...
MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...
GILMER...JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...
HENDERSON...CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...
SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL
401 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* EVENT...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
  OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER
  SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND
  GUSTY WINDS. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO
  25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING...THEN
  DIMINISHING.

* TIMING...THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING
  TO AROUND 7 PM CDT.

* IMPACT...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE A ROUGH CHOP AND
  POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES...ESPECIALLY ON OPEN WATERS. SMALL BOATS WILL BE
PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

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